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Being a complex issue on itself it becomes rather easy to ignore other growing issues related to this minority. Today, however, is a different story, especially for the youth. The causes for homeless youth are no longer just drugs or alcohol, but it is their sexuality. As the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender LGBT culture and people melt into the fabric of mainstream society through TV shows such as Will and Grace or Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, this has influenced people to come out earlier and earlier, at an average age of now This is a striking difference compared to a decade ago when people were embracing their sexuality only in college or once they had established their careers and had a firm support system. Such data points to the existence of greater and urgent problems for policy makers and governmental officials concerning the gay homeless youth.

Gay Homeless Youth and their Lives on the Streets of New York City

This is a subject near to my heart since I do a lot of volunteer work and, in true sociological fashion, a research project with these folks. She recalled one young homeless person who used to get dressed up to sleep on the subway, so as not to let on that he was homeless. Almost half of respondents identified as black and close to a third identified as homosexual or bisexual.